Tintypes Collection
1860s-1890s?
Origination : University of Notre Dame. Archives.Extent : 2 boxes.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.
Administrative Information
Source
Collected by the Archives of the University of Notre Dame.
Preferred Citation
Tintypes Collection (TTS), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Scope and Content
Tintypes (early photographs).
Background
"A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of iron coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion. Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s, but lesser use of the medium persisted into the early 20th century and it has been revived as a novelty in the 21st." -- Wikipedia